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Postdoktor i tropisk skogsekologi, terrester laserskanning och skogsbiomassadynamik University of Gothenburg in Sweden

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Postdoc

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Computer Science

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Available

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Nov 20, 2026

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Computer Science
Environmental Science
Biology
Earth Science
Tropical Biology
Laser Scanning
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About this position

This postdoctoral position is based at the Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences (BioEnv) at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, with the appointment located at Natrium in Gothenburg. The project sits within a broad research environment spanning ecosystems from alpine areas through forests, land, freshwater and marine systems, and it brings together ecology, evolution, physiology and systematics to study environmental change.

The postdoc is part of TWIG, a five-year ERC Starting Grant project focused on tropical forest biomass dynamics. The research addresses a key gap in forest carbon accounting: biomass gains and losses that occur not only through tree growth and mortality, but also through non-lethal crown and branch turnover and subsequent recovery. By combining repeated terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) with long-term forest inventories, the project aims to quantify damage, recovery and biomass redistribution directly in tropical forests.

The successful candidate will lead methodological development for converting multi-temporal 3D point clouds into robust estimates of biomass change at tree and stand level. The work includes building and validating workflows from TLS to above-ground biomass, comparing TLS-based estimates with conventional allometric methods, and developing reproducible stand-level carbon balance calculations that incorporate branch turnover and regrowth. The project also involves field data collection and analysis in two intensively monitored tropical forests: Amacayacu in the Colombian Amazon and Alto da Figueira in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.

The position is highly collaborative and connects the postdoc with the project leader, a PhD student, master’s and bachelor’s students, local field teams and international collaborators. The role includes work with large 3D datasets, scripted quality control, and, where relevant, parallel processing on high-performance computing infrastructure. The project also offers scientific exchange with leading researchers in TLS and forest ecology, plus participation in international meetings and conferences.

The position is under the main supervision of Dr. Daniel Zuleta. It is linked to international forest research and monitoring initiatives including ForestGEO, GEO-TREES, the Alliance for Tropical Forest Science Mortality Working Group and BECC.

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